So What do the Vets Think?

I know it seems like I'm all Swift Boats, all the time these days, but the truth is I just can't get enough of this story. It's like the "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" of political issues. A song I just can't get out of my head no matter how hard I try.

Like that song, it's also a pretty inconsequential issue compared to things like our economy or the reconstruction of Iraq.

But here's an interesting story from the New York Times on how this story is playing among the Vietnam Veterans community. Surprisingly some of them are taking John Kerry's side, while others stand with President Bush and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.

"This new stuff from the Swift boat opponents of Kerry does not surprise me," said Charlie Brown, of Seattle, who was an Air Force medic in Vietnam and 1967 and 1968. "There was a right and a left among guys in Vietnam back in the 60's. And there's a right and a left now."

It's a nice article in that if you like the Swift Boat Vets, you'll find evidence that some people believe in them. And if you don't like the Swift Boat Vets, you'll find that some of them agree with Kerry.